The First Division of the Reserve consists of men, natural-born British
subjects, not less than twenty and under forty-six years of age, who are
unmarried, or who married since the 1st May, 1915, and have no children under
sixteen, or who are divorced or judicially separated from their wives and have
no children under years of age. The Second Division consists of all other
Reservists.
The place of residence, so far as known to the Government Statistician, at the
date of the constitution of the recruiting districts (25th September, 1916)
determines the district register because of any change in his residence after
enrollment. Any names incorrectly included or omitted, or any other errors in
this roll, should be at once reported to the Government statistician at
Wellington.

Roll of men in First Division of Reserve for No. 10 (South Canterbury)
recruiting District.
Comprising the counties (within interior Boroughs) of Ashburton, Geraldine,
Levels, Waimate and Mackenzie.
This roll is a copy (at the date when compiled - September, 1916) of the
Register of the First Division of the Reserve for the above district, and is
printed and circulated for public exhibition and inspection at all Post,
Recruiting and Defence Offices and Police-stations in the recruiting district.

In 1910-1911 New Zealand organised a Territorial Force of some
30,000 men, with permanent staff and an expanded General Headquarters. New
weapons and improved training meant that when war broke out on 4 August 1914,
New Zealand was able to offer Britain an expeditionary force immediately. Voluntary recruitment for the ‘New Zealand Expeditionary
Force’ (NZEF) – began on 8 August 1914. By the end of the first week of the war
14,000 had enlisted. The troop convoy carrying the Main Body of the NZEF left
Wellington harbour bound for Egypt on 16 October 1914. The NZEF portion of the
convoy consisted of 8534 soldiers and their horses embarked on ten transport
ships. The NZEF contributed an infantry brigade and they landed in the Dardanelles on 25
April 1915. The New Zealanders landed 8556, 4852 NZ forces wounded, 2721 NZ forces fatalities during the eight-month (260 - days) Gallipoli
campaign. New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade of the NZEF returned to Egypt,
where it was rested and reinforced during the first four months of 1916. When
the New Zealand Division left for France, the New Zealand Mounted Rifles
regiments remained behind to serve in the Sinai campaign of 1916 and then in the
Palestine campaign of 1917–18. The New Zealand Division suffered 7048 casualties
in only 23 days on the Somme.